Estudo do índice de conicidade, índice de massa corporal e circunferência abdominal como preditores de doença arterial coronariana | Zendy

Paula Caitano Fontela | Zendy; Eliane Roseli Winkelmann | Zendy; Paulo Ricardo Nazário Viecili | Zendy

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Estudo do índice de conicidade, índice de massa corporal e circunferência abdominal como preditores de doença arterial coronariana

Author(s) -

Paula Caitano Fontela,

Eliane Roseli Winkelmann,

Paulo Ricardo Nazário Viecili

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

revista portuguesa de cardiologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 2174-2030

pISSN - 0870-2551

DOI - 10.1016/j.repc.2016.09.013

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , waist , coronary artery disease , odds ratio , confidence interval , receiver operating characteristic , abdominal obesity , anthropometry , population , risk factor , logistic regression , environmental health

Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This study was designed to assess whether the conicity index (CI), body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) can be used as predictors of coronary artery disease (CAD) and mortality in a middle-aged population of the north-western region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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